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A gripping tale of lies and deceit in Silicon Valley. I found this book hard to put down.

A haunting book — everyone should read it.

This book is basically Buddhism for millennials. I will let you decide whether that is good or bad.

“What Happened” is that HRC wrote a moving memoir about the 2016 election. Also James Comey was there.

Simultaneously the best and most terrifying nonfiction book I read in 2018. An experienced sleep scientist explains the ins and outs of sleep and the effects of sleep deprivation on human health.

Beautiful maps and interesting stats, a great coffee table book.

Somewhere between Harry Potter and The Stranger: an apathetic protagonist discovers our world is governed by hidden magical forces. But unlike Harry Potter and The Stranger, I found myself nearly as apathetic as the character.

Really good management advice. I’ll refer back to this one often when I start another company.

I picked up a bad cold a few days ago, and spent most of yesterday in bed. Having just finished The Stand, this was very worrying! It is really easy to forget that this is just a very good book.

If you have not read any of Kazuo Ishiguro’s works, start with Never Let Me Go. Beautiful, nostalgic, haunting.

An excellent tour through the philosophy of mind, with detours through algorithms, mathematics, cosmology, classical and quantum physics. Penrose argues against “Strong AI”; he did not ultimately convince me, but it was a fascinating read all the way through.

Often referenced, but as a modern reader, the little mathematical insight imparted by Flatland seems only barely worth enduring the narrative.

A guided tour through mathematics, art, music and the philosophy of mind. I only wish there were more books like this one.

Post-apocalyptic drama with some forgettable characters whose lives intertwine in forgettable ways.

Metamagical Themas is as good as this sentence says it is.

A very theoretical approach to neural networks. I enjoyed it, but it requires at least an undergraduate degree level-understanding of mathematics. If you are a programmer who is simply NN-curious and this is the first book you pick up, God help you.